The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon.
Charles E. Harvey was born in Indiana in 1856. As a young man, he moved to Filmore County, Nebraska, and became foreman of a large ranch for three years. In 1880 he moved to Los Angeles and became a manager for the Continental Oil and Transportation Company for five years. Eventually he moved to Riverside, where he lived for 27 years, and where he developed orange groves.
In 1882, he married Sarah E. Siebenthal, also from Indiana. They had one daughter, Birday Daisy, who married William A. De Moss of Fullerton.
In 1913, he moved to Fullerton, and became special agent for the James F. Jackson Fertilizer Company, which later combined with two other companies to form the Southern California Fertilizer Company.
In 1919 he sold 4,000 cars of fertilizer, his customers being the leading ranchers in the region. The manure was taken from dairy ranches and stables all over Southern California.
He also served as deputy sheriff of Orange County.
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